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C.J.'s Manchester Union-Leader Recusal Note

C.J. thrusts the note forward outside the reception hall's chill night glow, fingers pinching its edges as she reads aloud the Manchester Union-Leader's brutal prediction: Robert Nolan recuses from Abbey's medical board over personal ties. Bartlet's jaw locks, eyes flashing shock, the paper's words unleashing chaos—he barks orders to inform Abbey, vulnerability surging before Leo's banter shields the wound.

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Purpose

Relay newspaper prediction of Robert Nolan's recusal to brief President Bartlet during crisis convergence

Significance

Shatters Bartlet's composure, sparks urgent dispatch to Abbey, fuels raw confessional banter with Leo masking personal siege amid political storms like Marbury-IRA tensions, humanizing leadership's toll.

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S3E15 · Dead Irish Writers

Bartlet Processes Nolan's Recusal with CJ and Leo's Banter Amid Crises

C.J. clutches and reads aloud from this note quoting the Manchester Union-Leader article on Nolan's predicted recusal, detonating the crisis that redirects Bartlet's focus from toast rehearsal to Abbey's impending license doom, functioning as tangible harbinger of scandal amid gala eve intimacy.

Before: Held by C.J. as she approaches from tracking sources

After: Retained by C.J. as she departs to inform Abbey

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